Meet My New Yellow Lamps {A Spray Paint Project}

Do you all remember how I’ve been searching for some yellow lamps for about, ohhhh, 6 months now to go in my stepson’s room? If you don’t remember or are new here (hello!), I have. And guess what? I never have found any. But the good news is that I did find some lamps I liked at Homegoods several months ago.

Well, I liked the bases. The shade on them is a super light yellow/beige color that I tried to make work in his room. But they still needed a little pop to them because well, I wanted yellow. Not pale yellow. I wanted bright, fun, “hello look at me yellow lamps” yellow.

This photo is a better representation of what color the shades used to be when I bought them.

So I got a wild hair the other day and decided to spray paint them! I’ve never spray painted fabric, but everyone else does it so why not? I looked on the can to make sure it was safe for fabric too. :)

And now enters this…

A beautiful shade of yellow that the awesome Krylon team sent me a while back to try out. I LOOOOOVE Krylon spray paint. Their spray nozzle totally rocks, rotates, and sprays perfectly and evenly. And your fingers don’t ever hurt or get tired. Amazing stuff.

And after I painted them, here they are all bright and sunny. Not sad and pathetic like they were.

Amazing right?? The power of spray paint still blows me away.

Let’s look at them side by side.

Ahhhh. I love spray paint. :)

And here they are in the boy’s room.

I just love the new bright yellow against the teal walls (and the paint color is Behr “Underwater”). It adds so much more spunk to his room.

I still have to accessorize in here but other than that his room is pretty much done. It’s been done for a while, I just haven’t showed it off yet. But I hope to soon so hold me to it! ;)

To get you caught up on my stepson’s room progress, including that wall treatment in the above photo, you can view these posts:

So what do you think of the new yellow lamps? Have you spray painted anything interesting lately? I’m all about spray painting fabric now. :)

ETA: A lot of you are asking how the inside of the shade stayed white and asked if I taped it off or anything. But no, all I did was set the shade on the ground and painted it. There was no residue or anything on the inside of the shade, probably because Krylon’s nozzle is amazing. And the paint took to the fabric perfectly! And dried extremely fast. :)

They look fabulous! Quick question, how did you not get overspray on the inside white part of the shade? I might just try this with a lampshade for my living room, but I doubt mine would look that pretty and clean!

Hey Natalie, I edited my post to add this since a lot of you are asking…All I did was set the shade on the ground and painted it. I didn’t tape it off or anything. There was no residue or anything on the inside of the shade, probably because Krylon’s nozzle is amazing. And the paint took to the fabric perfectly! And dried extremely fast. :)

Hey Cheryl, I updated my post to add this since everyone asked. But no, all I did was set the shade on the ground and painted it. There was no residue or anything on the inside of the shade, probably because Krylon’s nozzle is amazing. And the paint took to the fabric perfectly! And dried extremely fast. :)

Hi,
So funny you posted this. I just did a big boy room for my son and the lamps are one part I did not finish. I considered spray painting them and then I thought about the shades and whether I could the shades a color. I think I might try this. Thank you!

I’ve never thought to spray paint lampshades, but I have two in my bedroom that I might have to try! Do you find they still put off a good amount of light? I know with them being bright yellow, that might help.

Hey There, these look great!! I have thought about spray painting lamp shades before. But my hubby thinks that when the lamps turned on at night you’d be able to tell. How you noticed if they look streaky or weird when they’re on? Thanks! = )
~ Catie
Please feel free to email me back. Thanks!!

Hi Catie! Actually at night they look really cool. With these particular lamps turned on, it seems to be a little more orangey/yellowish at night which looks neat. But no, no weird streaks or anything that I can see. :)

i have spraypainted the vintage ginger jar lamp bases. first use Krylon primer- I use gray let it cure for 1 day then I chose color and get 2 coats. I shop at thrift stores so I had been afraid of getting shades. they can be dropped in bleach/ water solution. Now sprayed. yellow looks awesome. Im thnking of doing the same in my boys room.!!!

is it safe to spray paint the inside of the shades. I saw an amazing picture of shades painted on the inside with metallic gold. I’m worry about the paint being flammable and getting to hot when the light is on. I asked the man at the paint store and he said he would not use spray paint on a shade because the paints are highly flammable? Please help, I really want to try these shades.

How lovely! I have two shades that I want to paint the same color, but one is green and the other is pink. Do you think that the paint would cover the color? Do you think that the light would shine through them differently since they would be starting out with a different “base coat,” so to speak?

OMG I love this! I have lamps similar to this in my master and have always hated the shades! I would much rather paint them than buy new ones so this is perfect! I assume the only prep work involved is ensuring they are clean and free of debris along with doing this is a well ventilated area? Like outdoors?

OMG! I’ve been looking for the PERFECT yellow lamp shade for 3 months now, or even teal would be good but sadly I can’t find any. All the ones I’ve seen are too dark, not bright enough. I bought this exact color from Krylon last week and I am spraying my accents yellow to match my house scheme. Teal + yellow + grey :))
Happy decorating!

The yellow makes the lamps pop. They make the room look so much brighter and prettier. I bought a few table lamps from http://www.worldtohome.com/decorative-lamps.aspx. Their lamps are very pretty. They make my room look much brighter and more beautiful.

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Hi, I know I’m posting very late compared to the original posting, but I just came across it. I have been looking for this color shade for months, and even paid $140 for a pair that were delivered looking lime green and had to return. Saw your pics and ran out and bought 2 white drum shades and the can of Krylon and I can’t believe for $34 I actually got the shades I wanted! Never thought about spray painting as an option. Finally my living room is complete :) Thank you

when you spray painted them, did it filter out the light/block the light through the shade? I am considering spray painting a pair of my own but I want to make sure that light will still come through the shade a bit

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I love spray paint, my hubby used to poo poo me about it but he got a sprayer attachment for his compressor and has come to love spray painting things. I’ll have the try the Krylon because my hands hurt so badly after I’m done with a can. Finally someone was smart enough to fix that problem, thanks Krylon. Oh, the lamps look fab, by the way.
Toni

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